I recently had the opportunity to check out this year’s Christmas Town event at Busch Gardens Tampa. Now in its 3rd year, the park includes this special holiday offering with daytime admission this year. Christmas Town is being offered every night now through December 31.
We also have some news regarding one of the major rides in the park for...

Merry Christmas! Frozen Fun is here! The Disneyland Resort has soft-launched a big new lineup of Frozen-themed events, entertainment and attractions in both theme parks just in time for the busy Christmas week. The full Frozen Fun line-up won't officially open until January 7 but until then, guests can enjoy a limited selection of the new...

Roger Colton has sent us the perfect story for Christmas week. We invite you to think back to your warmest Disney memories and share that special moment of magic you fondly remember from the parks.
I am lucky in that living in California, I get to visit Disneyland several times each year. And each visit, there is that moment when...

Mousetalgia welcomes Disney historian Joseph Titizian to the show today to celebrate the season with us. From the original Disneyland Circus Christmas Parade to the star atop the Matterhorn, we talk about Disneyland's Christmas celebrations over the years from the park's opening year to today. Parades evolved and the famous Disneyland Candlelight Processional was developed as Walt Disney honored...

Toby Johnson continues his amazing Hong Kong Disneyland trip report. Today, he turns his eye to Tomorrowland, Adventureland and Grizzly Gulch. He wants you to know how beautiful the parked looked, sparkling clean, amazing gardens and no visible maintenance issues.
Let's begin in Tomorrowland . . . where the Iron Man crane is quite visible.
There was only a...

Here's Marc Ricketts' last photo report of the year. I want to personally thank him for treating us this year to some great articles about the amusement parks and other attractions in the San Francisco Bay area and beyond! Happy holidays everyone! ~~Rick
Holiday in the Park Transforms Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
By Marc Ricketts
I was finally able to make...

We are back to our normal show schedule and we begin with a listener Butterbeer preference from Jason Gallant and then head in to the news.
In the news we let you know what "Holiday" goings on are happening at the Universal Orlando Resort Hotels.
The Portofino Bay, The Hard Rock, The Royal Pacific and the Cabana Bay hotels all have...

Welcome back to Disafterdark where we are joined by Tom Ameen and Nicks Kazoo!
For the first half of the show, Tom (www.tomameenmusic.com) discusses his newest album, Magical Moments 2.
Nick promises to show us his musical talents on a Kazoo, which we very much look forward to.
Then we get back to the Disney news items as usual.
All neat and pretty,...

Things are about to get extra chilly at the Disneyland Resort. In fact, you could say that everything will be Frozen in the next few days as Anna and Elsa unleash their endless onslaught of Frozen Fun at both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. But not all things are going as planned. We detail here what you can expect...

Here's is a quick update from Knotts Berry Farm. Knotts has announced their plans for New Years 2015 and we couldn't be more excited. MiceChat will be offering a fun night of food, entertainment, and more at Knott's that night. So, if you'd like to spend the evening with friends, be sure to join us. Next we share with...

Sam Gennawey’s new book is about how Universal’s theme park business grew from a modest industrial tour into a theme park powerhouse. Werner Weiss tells you what he thought of the book.
Read the full YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland Review: Universal vs. Disney
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!
When last we chatted I ended by stating that I had just found out that I hadn’t been fired from the Country Bears Film. I also shared that it was the best Christmas present of the year. (Actually I said "ever," but ever is a long time.)
Let me continue by saying that as hard as...

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Season’s Greetings! The festive merriment and cheer encompasses the Disneyland Resort in all its usual glory once again. “Snow” and lights cascade down the majestic and iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle, colored bulbs encapsulate the “it’s a small world” attraction, the towering Christmas tree, in all its splendid décor, greets all guests entering Main Street, U.S.A., and those seasonal treats...

Wedding trips to Disneyland, Candlelight Processionals, and gingerbread cookies are just some of the highlights in this weeks MiceChat Round up of Disney and theme park news and discussions. That is just the beginning though as we find that all is not perfect in the magic kingdom, even with a Club 33 membership. We also kick around the idea...

Please join us in welcoming the amazing Sara Hofstein to MiceChat. Sara will be checking in from time to time as her busy schedule allows. Her inaugural article is a real life ghost busting mystery involving the Haunted Mansion.
In Savannah, Georgia, the dead are just as important as the living. Graveyards and majestic homes named after their prominent former...

The Disney Avenue Podcast returns with a wonderful Christmas Special that is sure to get you in the Holiday spirit. Disney historian and author Jim Korkis joins host Keith Michael Mahne for a wonderful interview on Walt Disney featuring some amazing and rarely heard Christmas stories from his life. Jim is the ultimate "go-to guy" on Walt Disney and we couldn't think of a better...

More than twenty years later and Disneyland's popular Fantasmic! nighttime water-and-light show has finally added a new Fastpass-based reservation system. The new Fantasmic! Fastpass eliminates the need to camp out hours before the show and streamlines the viewing experience similarly to Disney California Adventure's World of Color show. In addition to Fastpass, Fantasmic! fans can now enjoy a...

Disney and the World's Fair - Disney Legend Alice Davis talks to Mousetalgia about attending the 1964 World's Fair, and she shares some personal recollections of her time visiting the Fair with Walt Disney and her husband Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men." We also discuss the Walt Disney Family Museum's second recent presentation of "Walt...